But little has been written about the spirited search for the Kimathi trial papers, which had also been missing from the Kenya National Archives and at the British Archives at Kew Gardens. That is why Prof Julie MacArthur’s search for the Kimathi trial papers is important. In her book, Dedan Kimathi on Trial, the University of Toronto researcher captures her desperate search for this file in both Kenya and UK. A fileThe first thing that caught her eye was that the “Dedan Kimathi file” that she was given was emblazoned Republic of Kenya. What also emerges from the trial papers was that Kimathi was not shot at the trench as widely said.

Source: Daily Nation August 23, 2020 06:33 UTC